Legal Opinion
Langley v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 2, 1977No. [No. 10, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
At the trial of this criminal case before a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County a trial judge refused to ask the following question on voir dire:
“Is there anyone here who would give more credit to the testimony of a police officer over that of a civilian, merely because of his status as a police officer?”
The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the conviction in an unreported opinion. (Langley v. State, No. 165, September Term 1976.) We granted the writ of certiorari in order that we might consider the overall problem and any conflict between the holding of the Court of Special…
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